ILLEGAL TENDER - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/17/1982. By Bert H. Kruse.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fragment (5)
- SCRAP
- 6 Across: Buss (4)
- KISS
- 10 Across: City in Syria (4)
- HAMA
- 14 Across: Paradisiacal nymph (5)
- HOURI
- 15 Across: Ray (5)
- MANTA
- 16 Across: Type of type (7)
- ITALICS
- 19 Across: Sorbonne site (12)
- LATINQUARTER
- 21 Across: Place for strays (8)
- DOGPOUND
- 23 Across: Candid (4)
- OPEN
- 24 Across: Somewhat ordinary (6)
- UNRARE
- 25 Across: Indigenous Japanese (5)
- AINUS
- 26 Across: Kind of hold (3)
- TOE
- 27 Across: Midway attraction (4)
- RIDE
- 28 Across: Brief words from Greeley (11)
- EDITORSNOTE
- 30 Across: Sage (4)
- HERB
- 31 Across: Subject to ablation (5)
- ERODE
- 33 Across: Singleton (3)
- ONE
- 34 Across: Late Yugoslav leader (4)
- TITO
- 35 Across: North Sea feeder (5)
- WESER
- 36 Across: Conjunction (3)
- NOR
- 37 Across: Strobile (4)
- CONE
- 39 Across: Stickers (5)
- FOILS
- 41 Across: Ritualistic formula (6)
- MANTRA
- 42 Across: Cabbage (4)
- KALE
- 43 Across: Duck (4)
- TEAL
- 44 Across: Dwarf: Comb. form (4)
- NANN
- 45 Across: Inclination (6)
- ESCARP
- 48 Across: Nobelist in Literature: 1938 (9)
- PEARLBUCK
- 51 Across: Strong desires (4)
- YENS
- 55 Across: Pixie (6)
- SPRITE
- 56 Across: Tennis divisions (4)
- SETS
- 57 Across: Kind of hemp (4)
- ALOE
- 58 Across: Ballet action (4)
- PLIE
- 59 Across: Pickle (5)
- SOUSE
- 60 Across: Demonstrative (4)
- THIS
- 61 Across: Cries of distaste (4)
- FIES
- 62 Across: Middle, in law (5)
- MESNE
- 63 Across: Old tongue (4)
- ERSE
- 64 Across: Kubla of Xanadu (4)
- KHAN
- 65 Across: Molander's "Dollar": 1937 (4)
- FILM
- 66 Across: Like the rich (6)
- MONIED
- 67 Across: ___-do-well (4)
- NEER
- 68 Across: Second-largest island (9)
- NEWGUINEA
- 70 Across: Cussed (6)
- ORNERY
- 71 Across: Benefit (4)
- BOON
- 73 Across: She sallied forth with fans (4)
- RAND
- 74 Across: Looking good (4)
- ROSY
- 75 Across: Certain nun (6)
- MARIST
- 78 Across: Glass materials (5)
- FRITS
- 80 Across: Phonetically smooth (4)
- LENE
- 81 Across: Stern (3)
- AFT
- 84 Across: An Astaire (5)
- ADELE
- 85 Across: Align (4)
- TRUE
- 86 Across: Call for help (3)
- SOS
- 87 Across: Word with alligator (5)
- LATER
- 89 Across: Brötchen or kipfel (4)
- ROLL
- 90 Across: Salad ingredient (11)
- HEADLETTUCE
- 94 Across: Relief in England (4)
- DOLE
- 95 Across: Divers information (3)
- ANA
- 96 Across: Coat with an alloy (5)
- TERNE
- 97 Across: Shrimp (6)
- PEANUT
- 98 Across: Porter's "I ___ Love" (4)
- AMIN
- 99 Across: High-water point, usually (8)
- TIDEMARK
- 101 Across: Woman's proverbial prerogative (12)
- CHANGEOFMIND
- 103 Across: Dopes (7)
- SEDATES
- 104 Across: Nez ___ War: 1877 (5)
- PERCE
- 105 Across: Clamor (5)
- NOISE
- 106 Across: Retreats (4)
- DENS
- 107 Across: "The ___ 'e knows . . . ": Kipling (4)
- ORSE
- 108 Across: Conventicle groups (5)
- SECTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Poet Karl (7)
- SHAPIRO
- 2 Down: Dijon is its capital (7)
- COTEDOR
- 3 Down: Spoiled (6)
- RUINED
- 4 Down: Prince Valiant's son (3)
- ARN
- 5 Down: Inlaid (5)
- PIQUE
- 6 Down: Self-defense system (6)
- KARATE
- 7 Down: Musical vamp (5)
- INTRO
- 8 Down: T-bone source (5)
- STEER
- 9 Down: Patriotic org. (3)
- SAR
- 10 Down: The ___, Netherlands (5)
- HAGUE
- 11 Down: Sight at Innsbruck (4)
- ALPS
- 12 Down: "O Sole ___" (3)
- MIO
- 13 Down: Most discerning (7)
- ACUTEST
- 15 Down: Gyrene (6)
- MARINE
- 16 Down: Sherwood's "___ Delight" (6)
- IDIOTS
- 17 Down: John Todd's radio role (5)
- TONTO
- 18 Down: Stertorous one (6)
- SNORER
- 19 Down: Famed prisoner: May 1982 (5)
- LOREN
- 20 Down: Defeated (6)
- UNDONE
- 22 Down: Actress Paget (5)
- DEBRA
- 25 Down: Indigo (4)
- ANIL
- 29 Down: Mountain-dew maker (5)
- STILL
- 30 Down: Juvenile poultry character (10)
- HENNYPENNY
- 32 Down: Card game (6)
- ECARTE
- 35 Down: Like Suckling's lover (3)
- WAN
- 38 Down: Oenochoe's cousin (4)
- OLPE
- 39 Down: Exploits (5)
- FEATS
- 40 Down: Rows (4)
- OARS
- 41 Down: Manufacture (4)
- MAKE
- 42 Down: W.W. I leader's nickname (10)
- KAISERBILL
- 43 Down: Action at Pebble Beach (6)
- TEEING
- 44 Down: Sgt. and cpl. (4)
- NCOS
- 45 Down: Krupp works center (5)
- ESSEN
- 46 Down: Seed (5)
- SPORE
- 47 Down: Jug for honey (5)
- CRUSE
- 48 Down: Doggone it! (5)
- PSHAW
- 49 Down: Dipped water out of a boat (6)
- BAILED
- 50 Down: Moslem brain trust (5)
- ULEMA
- 52 Down: Venner of fiction (5)
- ELSIE
- 53 Down: Forty-___ (5)
- NINER
- 54 Down: Down at the heels (5)
- SEEDY
- 60 Down: At that time (4)
- THEN
- 61 Down: Lapps' neighbors (5)
- FINNS
- 62 Down: Tidbit (6)
- MORSEL
- 64 Down: Sandpiper (4)
- KNOT
- 65 Down: Sanction (4)
- FIAT
- 66 Down: Mr. Mullins (4)
- MOON
- 69 Down: Archangel (5)
- URIEL
- 72 Down: Glucide (3)
- OSE
- 74 Down: Save (6)
- RESCUE
- 75 Down: Corday's quarry (5)
- MARAT
- 76 Down: Male dreamboat (6)
- ADONIS
- 77 Down: Put on cargo again (7)
- RELADED
- 78 Down: Hot dogs (6)
- FRANKS
- 79 Down: Unwrought (4)
- RUDE
- 80 Down: Use a chaise (6)
- LOUNGE
- 81 Down: Democritus was one (7)
- ATOMIST
- 82 Down: Lynx and puma (7)
- FELINES
- 83 Down: Leaning (5)
- TREND
- 85 Down: Pomme de ___ (5)
- TERRE
- 86 Down: Golfer's concern (6)
- STANCE
- 88 Down: Like a biblical man (6)
- ADAMIC
- 90 Down: Inflames (5)
- HEATS
- 91 Down: A son of Ezra (5)
- EPHER
- 92 Down: "Like Niobe, all ___" (5)
- TEARS
- 93 Down: Collars (5)
- ETONS
- 96 Down: Govt. agent (4)
- TMAN
- 100 Down: Nigerian city (3)
- EDE
- 101 Down: Navy off. (3)
- CPO
- 102 Down: Adversary (3)
- FOE
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